How to Know If Someone Blocked You on WhatsApp?

In one way or another, we all have experienced being blocked in just about any instant messaging apps or social media services available. There are quite a varied number of reasons why we would end up in some person's "black list." It is either you have said something that is somehow treated to be offensive, or perhaps the blacklister just find your very existence annoying or something that they could live without. Those are just some of the reasons why would you receive the "block" hammer. Despite of the reasons, it is never a good feeling. What if someone has chosen to block you from the ever-popular SMS app, WhatsApp? In today's tutorial, we will be teaching you How to Know If Someone Blocked You on WhatsApp.

How to Know If Someone Blocked You on WhatsApp?

Well, not many people know this but there is actually an FAQ with regards to the matter of whether someone has blocked you on WhatsApp. But since we are always inclined to be nice, we will bring it to your attention for your convenience. There are actually two strong indicators that will enable you to know if someone from your contact list has blocked you on WhatsApp.

First factor is that you will not be able to see the blacklister's "last seen at.." login information or their "online" indicator in the Chat window. However, this is not actually a foolproof indicator since based on our previous WhatsApp tip, you can easily toggle your "last seen at.." information and set it to OFF.

The second factor, when you send a message to any contact that has blocked you, it will always show one check (indicating that the message has been sent) but the second check mark (indicating that the message has been delivered) will never be displayed. Two check marks mean that the message has been sent and delivered successfully. If you have sent a message and it only shows one check, there is a good chance that you have been blocked. Refer to the image below on how these check marks look.

While both of these factors suggests that you have been blocked, they are not 100% guaranteed to be foolproof. The developers of WhatsApp has intentionally made this matter to be ambiguous in order to protect the privacy of anyone who chooses to block someone. Any indicator that will outright tell if a person has blocked you will violate that person's privacy.

So in case you find out that you've been blocked, the golden question is: how do you get unblocked? Well, there is no one in this world that can lift your blacklist status but the person himself / herself. However, I'm sure that you ask nicely, if you could work things out.

I met a guy online. He’s 18 and I’m 16. We talked for some time and he sent me many pics of himself and about his life and I sorta fell in love with him. I liked him but he wasn’t really polite when he texted, he was so rude, petty and stuffs. He got angry easily too. He told me he was pissed several times about me not replying due to my busy schedule. So one day I told him that I hope that I wouldn’t actually get to meet people like him in real life. He blocked me without giving a warning before hand. The second day i found out that my message was not actually sent and i can’t see his profile pic and status anymore. It was a pang. So i text him via Facebook only to know that he has really blocked me (which clarified my doubts), he then blocked me on Facebook without giving me a chance to talk. I texted him via phone and I was happy that he replied my messages, he told me to stop talking to him and hoped the best for me. I was contented and I stopped texting him from then on.It was a trauma and I had more pains as I didnt know him in real life and chances of talking or reasoning with him is low. I don’t think i had learnt my mistakes for not talking to strangers as teens like me lack the love of their friends or had no friends or they’re bullied and mistreated in real life so whatever the reason it is they would tend to find someone online to love them. I just WISH whatsapp would change from “blocking a contact without reason” to “blocking a contact with reasons” as it would decrease the chance of cyber bullying this way–or hurt from whoever they chatted with. Sometimes blocking someone without reasons is cruel and horrifying to the blocked party even if you’d not realized it. You could always mute someone or archive a chat but never block someone just my opinion.

Well honestly I don’t care ,, if some one blocked me fine get lost but don’t come back again to be when the butts hit the ground. That sort of people I don’t take as friends. They are list or stat friends. The maniacs who wants to say I have this much of people on this on that. I never block a person. But most of did to me not only on whats app, on other apps as well but for I say go ahead. Completely fine by me. I don’t do it because I find it disrespect. If I cannot cope with some one I would say why I keep silence. May be the person will learn may be not. Blocking does not do any good to any except making more isuues.

Lol some of u are hilarious, getting so upset and wasting so much time just because u worry u’ve been blocked? I’ve blocked quite a few people many times, usually because I’m busy for a time period and don’t want them to disturb me. It’s not a big deal.I wish Whatsapp would make it harder for people to figure out they were blocked, make it more ambiguous…based on what I read here, it’s quite easy for people to figure out with 95% accuracy if they’re blocked. Darn it.

To check ur blocked or not just change ur number to a different number n sign in again. You will come to know. The person will not be knowing u that ur still can see him on9 moreover your not is still shown to him as old number not the new number of which u hav signed in.

I accidently called a random number and I blocked it grom my call log. I also blocked them on whatsapp…will I appear on their whatsapp list? It is just a random number and we Have no messages between us…will I appear?

There is a way to “trick” someone to believe they are blocked. And i know this because someone has done this to me…. Now, what they did was , remove their picture, removed their status and time stamp. I have been blocked once before so i know when u see this… you automatically assume you are blocked. However, being 10 steps ahead, i had a few friends add this person to their contacts… and as i suspected… they show the same on their lists as well. Meaning….. they havent blocked me, because if they did… than they would not show up on their lists as they do on mine. because a long time ago when i was blocked.. i got a friend to add to their contact list and theyre profile pic showed.. and it was black on mine. So if u want to trick someone believe they r blocked, i suggest to do it like my ex boyfriend has who clearly, has spent way too much time trying to get my attention with stupidity like this.

Those who did this ambigous are so shitty idiots. It only means, that they’re not humans, but a robots somehow, because it may hurt people, put them to tears or even make them kill themselves, because someone they know and love very much appears to be blocking them, if he/she is not. It just makes people suffer, because you never know, if you’re blocked. If someone is so cruel and cynnical, that doesn’t say, that he is blocking you, why should WhatsApp developers be so cruel and cynnical either?

Good god Helen…..get some help? People psychologically disturbed enough to break down due to THINKING they are blocked when they aren’t (which they would and could have found out with a bit of patience) need professional help. You’re describing particularly mentally unwell people here. If that kind of thing causes someone to kill themselves, then it’s only a matter of time anyway. Nothing as simple as that has such huge consequences unless that person has severe mental issues. And wattsap is a service provider…..not a psychiatric hospital. Stop being so extremely insecure.

i have sent a message to my friend… the friend’s status shows online few minutes ago, and the message sent gives me a different colored check mark…. usually to all my messages i get a grey colored check but for this i get a blue colored check….what does this mean…. am I blocked or something else…..

I sent a few messages to a turkish friend via WhatsApp & there is the one tick only on them & his last seen status is 26/10/14. Could this mean he has blocked me? By some answers I’ve seen if I’m blocked on WhatsApp I can’t see the Last Seen status which I can, but if I see a one tick only by a message then I am blocked?? Any advice please?! :) Thanks, KB

this is a bit urgent …one of my friend had posted a whatsapp message in a group at 10:35 p.m,but when I check his individual chat the last seen is showing at 6:48 p.m.what is the possible reason behind it.

I dont understand, the person I think has blocked me has been online many times today, his ‘last seen’ has changed many times, I can add him to a group and but the message i sent him yesterday still only got one tick… What does this mean???

Ok… I’m a bit confused on this.. I get two check marks but don’t see last seen any longer yet I do get the online every so often.. just tried the create new group to add that person but not listed.. so the question still exist Am I blocked or not blocked…

First off, what the fuck are you doing on your husband’s phone without his knowledge? You stupid housewife, learn how to appreciate and love yourself, and trust the man beside you. Stop thinking about how fucking awesome his co-workers are. Focus on making your man happy. And if he still cheats on you, dump his ass. That’s how things work. Not fucking with your spouse’s phone behind their back.

Some things to know about WhatsApp that I figured out on myown. You register with this application based on your current mobile phonenumber. If you were to change your phone number, the old phone number is stillactive with the app. Another words, let’s say you have your cell phone and youchange the number. When you change your cell phone number, using the samephone, the old cell phone number becomes inactive, meaning you can no longer becontacted through this number, this number in essence becomes “disconnected”where you are unable to make or receive phone calls or make or receive textmessages. However, whatsapp is an online app, where with your old phone numberyou can still use whatsapp and have your profile active and make and receivetexts from this number (with whatsapp only). So, I had two differentsmartphones (they were pay as you go phones where I would buy phone cards forthem). I created a new whatsapp profile with my new cell phone number and stillhad my old phone number active with the app. This app was recommended to me bya long distant boyfriend that I was involved with at the time. I met him in thetown that I worked in but he eventually moved to a different state. I felt veryserious about this guy and really wanted to be with him so much that I wasconsidering giving up my current life for a new life with him by moving wherehe was. So, we communicated for four months using this app which at first, Iknew nothing about. There were problems developing in the communication betweenus as time went on. I was questioning whether he had a new girlfriend and wasshe checking the messages I was sending him, I was questioning the “online” and“last seen” statuses on this app and what they meant, I was questioning whetherI was being blocked, I was questioning whether he was receiving my messages.So, all these questions got answered after the relationship was ending and whenI discovered that I could answer my own questions with having two smartphonesand messaging myself with my old phone number with my new phone number. So….hereis what I learned….

1. Blocking on this app: You will know if you are beingblocked when the “online” and “last seen” status of the person you are talkingto is NO LONGER VISIBLE .Note…you may still be able to see their profilepicture and status and phone number. Even if you reinstall the app on yourphone, but in most cases of reinstalling the app on your phone you will seetheir profile picture and status removed (meaning you may no longer be able tosee that information as well). You will also know if you are being blocked ifyou try to add this person to a group chat, a message will pop up on yourscreen when adding this person to your group chat the message will say that youare not authorized to add this person to that particular group chat you aretrying to create. Also, if blocked, the message you send will ALWAYS have onecheck to it. If a person unblocks you the message will NEVER be sent to thatperson. If you want them to know what you are saying, you will have to waituntil they unblock you. If you are blocked and then the person decides toremove you from their address book on their phone you will remain blocked. So,no matter how many times you try to contact this person on whatsapp, they haveyou blocked and they will NEVER receive your messages you send during thisblocked period.

2. What “online” and “last seen” means: “online” means thatthe person has clicked on the whatspp icon on their screen and the whatsapp isOPEN. It does not mean that they are reading your message or have even openedyour message. IT DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE ON THE INTERNET SURFING THE INTERNET(i.e. on facebook or check their gmail). THE ONLINE STATUS IS TIED TO BEING ONWHATSAPP ONLY. So, when you open the whatsapp icon on your screen from yourphone the first thing you see is the list of your contacts. If someone haswrote you a message you will see them on the top of your contact list and themessage with be in bold with a number and arrow next to it, the numberindicating how many messages you wrote. When this person is “online” it meansthey have opened their whatsapp contact list in front of them, and then theycan CHOOSE to open and read your message but don’t necessarily have to. Once they see that you wrote the message andit is in bold, right then and there they can click and highlight you and yourmessage and delete it. “Last seen” meanssimply showing when they exited whatsapp, meaning when they closed the whatsappwindow on their phone.

3. One check mark vs. two and what it means: One check meansyour message was sent but NOT RECEIVED. So, if you are blocked, the message on yourphone will always show ONE CHECK. Two checks means that the message was sentand RECEIVED TO THE PHONE BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS CONNECTED TO WIFI OR 3G/4G.DOES NOT MEAN THEY HAVE READ THE MESSAGE. What if the phone is turned off? Sayyou send someone a message and you see one check on your message. More thanlikely that the person’s phone is off or they do not have wifi or 3G/4Gconnection (with these connections is how we get internet connection and that’show whatsapp works). Once the person turns on their phone and gets connectionthen your message will show two checks. When the person opens the whatsapp ontheir phone (like stated before) it will then show them “online” and then theywill see you wrote them, you will be towards the top of the list with yourmessage on their contacts list, your message and you being bold and they then canclick on your message where it will be opened and read and then they can chooseto respond as they wish.

4. What if my phone number was deleted from their phone? Fordifferent reasons someone we were once close to can become distant and decidethey want to remove our phone number from their phone. Here’s what happens. Hedeletes your phone number from his ADDRESS BOOK on his phone you will no longappear on his contacts list for whatsapp. If he deletes you ONLY on whatsappand not on his address book in his phone….then you will still appear on hiscontacts list on whatsapp but he would have to click on the upper right icon onthe contact list on whatsapp to see you listed there .REMEMBER…IF HE DELETESWHATSAPP ON HIS PHONE, MEANING HE COMPLETELY DELETES HIS WHATSAPP ACCOUNT ANDREMOVES IT FROM HIS APPS, WHATS APP IS GONE FROM HIS PHONE YOU WILL NO LONGERBE ABLE TO CONTACT HIM THROUGH WHATSAPP. TO KNOW IF HE NO LONGER USES WHATSAPPGO TO YOUR ADDRESS BOOK ON YOUR PHONE AND SEE IF THE WHATSAPP ICON IS NEXT TOHIS PHONE NUMBER IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. If you contact him and your number is deletedHE WILL RECEIVE YOUR MESSAGE. Again, same situation as before, there is no guaranteethat he will actually OPEN AND READ your message. When he opens his whatsapp hewill see your message with your profile picture and YOUR PHONE NUMBER (becausehe has deleted you from his address book so you are no longer stored in hisphone…..another words if you are Sara with phone number 900 455 5566…he willstore you as “Sara” or “Honey” or whatever (even a fake name if he is hidingsomething….with your number 9004555566 in his phone. So when you were in hisphone and you wrote him on whatsapp you would appear as whatever he saved youunder like “Sara” or “Honey” or even a fake name. When he deletes you in hisaddress book you are no longer there. So you message him on whatsapp you andwill show up as your profile pic and your number 9004555566. Obviously, if hehas something to hide….or a new girlfriend….he can open whatsapp (appearonline), see that you wrote him from looking at his contacts list, with youshowing up and your phone number, then he can CHOOSE right then and there toclick on you and your message and DELETE it right away EVEN WITHOUT ACTUALLYOPENING THE MESSAGE AND READING THE WHOLE THING….meanwhile appearing online thewhole time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CONTACT ME AT DISCOVER.AGAIN@YAHOO.COM IF YOU HAVEANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS APP. I RESEARCHED AND DISCOVERED ALL OF THIS ONMY OWN BECAUSE I WAS LITERALLY GOING CRAZY IN THIS RELATIONSHIP I HAD ANDNEEDED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THIS PERSON. I KNOW THAT THERE HAS TO BEOTHERS GOING THROUGH WHAT I HAVE GONE THROUGH.

Melissa I started a new group and put in some names and then added the one I thought I was blocked from and he went on the list, will you only know if they can’t be added once you send the message or when you try and add him to your group will it automatically come up as saying you’re not authorised. I’m not in his phone list but he’s in mine, does that make a difference?

Another way that worked for me..I deleted the number from my phone contacts and after added it again. The status of the person who blocked me on whats app after updating appeared as “status unknown”. Checked it twice after with my friend-the same result. Good luck.

One of my contact in my phone just starting showing as number instead of name an no matter how I add back the number in the msg box it still don’t change to the person name. Soes it means I’m being blocked?

I can’t see one of my contacts “last seen at” or that they’re “online” but I’ve seen they’re profile pic update.. does this mean I’m blocked? I also don’t thick this person has my new number I changed it and updated my whatsapp with the new number…

Hi there. I thought someone blocked me as I didn’t see them online anymore that day when usually they are and when I sent a msg it only had 1 tick beside it.. I tried creating a new group and added the person and straight away it said “(NAME) joined” and it shows him as a participant..What does this mean??

Ar9avv Well u can check if someone blocked you by seeing on top of of window and if last seen messge is not there then he/she had blocked you … Iam sure of this thing about iphone but not about other phone – ar9avv ????